Kung Fu (TV Series) (1972) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Kung Fu
Year
1972
Running time
60 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
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Cinematography
Producer
Genre
TV Series. Action. Adventure. Western. Drama | Martial Arts
Synopsis
TV Series (1972-1975). 3 Seasons. 63 Episodes. He is a man of peace in a violent land. He is Kwai Chang Caine, schooled in the spirit-mind-body ways of the Shaolin priesthood by the blind, avuncular Master Po and the stern yet loving master Kan. Caine speaks softly but hits hard. He lives humbly yet knows great contentment. He is the Old West's most unusual hero. But hero is not a word Caine would use. He would simply say, "I am a man."
Awards
1975: Emmy: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Single Performance (Lew Ayres)
1973: Emmy: Best Direction and Cinematography. 6 Nom., including Best Drama Series
1972: Emmy: Best Makeup
1973: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actor TV Series - Drama (David Carradine)
1973: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director Drama Series
1972: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Screenplay in Episodic Drama
Critics' reviews
- "Not a little pretentious and not a little didactic, but not bad all the same."
- "The story was so much malarkey, but Carradine makes a great wind-swept hero."
- "David Carradine, who plays Caine, is called upon to keep his face straight almost all of the time and achieve an effect that is maybe two parts inscrutable to one part stupid."
- "Strong and stoic, Caine could turn on the kind of audience that used to dig Illya Kuryakin or Mr. Spock. The kind that likes to speculate about what goes on behind an impassive facade."
- "It's offbeat and its teachings about mental and physical discipline are worth tuning in."
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